The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) latest Renewables Readiness Assessment of Botswana has made it known that the country enjoys considerable renewable energy potential. Notably, solar,...
In June 2019, a case involving the Attorney General was brought before the High Court, in which the applicant Letsweletse Motshidiemang challenged Sections 164 (a) and...
On Friday this week, President Mokgweetsi Masisi commissioned the significant water infrastructure, the Masama-Mmashia 100km Transmission Pipeline and Associated Works from Masama Wellfields to Mmamashia Water...
Many countries in Africa are emerging victorious against the contagious COVID-19 pandemic, which made its way into the continent in early 2020. The pandemic forced governments...
The United Nations Common Country Analysis report for Botswana says women, members of the LGBTIQ community, people living with disabilities, indigenous people and detained people face...
The deadly COVID-19 contagion hit Botswana in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) proclaimed that the virus is spread through contact with infected persons and...
The month of August is known for strong winds and sunny, long days. In front of Lentsweletau Sub-land board offices lies small, worn-out shacks of three...
Once again, Hanceford Magapatona emerged the biggest winner with ease at the 7th Yarona FM Music Awards (YAMAs) this past weekend. Famously known as Han C...
Access to and achievement in education in Botswana is said to be unequal. This is revealed in a new study by the United Nations, collaborating with...
Almost every year, Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) attracts hullabaloo over its annual music awards. This time around, it was not only that. There has been much...
Mpho Donald was undoubtedly the IT girl of the then tedious beauty industry. She loved looking pretty and smelling good. Of course, this is every girl’s...
Minister of Tertiary Education, Research and Technology Douglas Letsholathebe says the government is working on a private sector engagement framework to guide private sector participation in...
First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) has released its audited summarised consolidated financial statement for the year ended 30 June 2021. According to the statement, the balance...
As COVID-19 continues to take a veritable socio-economic toll, businesses that stand to bear a direct and indirect strain from the worsening pandemic situation are gearing...
The five-year Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) quandary caused by the former PSP Elias Magosi’s ambitions for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary...
This week, Canadian-based North American Nickel (NAN) revived the dream of reopening the mine by announcing that it is participating in raising capital to finance the...
Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Kabo Morwaeng, told parliament recently that the government has purchased through direct appointment, Tautona Lodge for P58 240...
After being announced as the next Miss Global Botswana, social media was ablaze, and curiosity was flown all over on whether Sakshi Bhargava is a native...
Botswana’s entertainment industry is finding it hard to survive the COVID-19 uproar because it has been shut for, literally, two years now. Artists are bankrupt, their...
Designated as a climate “hotspot” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Southern Africa is prone to recurrent extreme climatic shocks such as droughts and flooding....
Exactly a year ago (August 2020), Africa’s largest financial services provider Absa Group reported an 82% decline in normalized interim earnings after impairments increased four-fold to...
World Health Organization (WHO), through its Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) initiative, has sent United Kingdom medical experts to fight COVID-19 in Botswana. EMTs are groups of...
Health workers are at the front line fighting the deadly, contagious COVID-19. These workers have an immense challenge of welfare and government has since turned a...
The COVID-19 pandemic which weakened world economies had left a devastating impact on Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) existence in 2020. According to the group’s...
Leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and Botswana National Front (BNF) Duma Boko has criticised President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s interventions put in place to curb...
Amid a growing discontent towards the country’s current state of affairs and the direction the country seems to be taking, the Botswana Democratic Party elders, mostly...
Having made his debut appearance in a singing competition, My Star, from 2010 till 2015, Star Phalane has been constantly and effortlessly reaching for the stars....
Bisexual men in Gaborone have been constantly seeing and engaging sexually with gay guys on the QT. This is a lifestyle that has been going on...
University of Botswana Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris, has lost support of the university staff, with four unions joining forces to demand his removal from office. ...
Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) has once again dressed down government’s efforts in curbing and containing the spread of the contagious COVID-19. In fact, the...
The month of June marks a time of celebration and reflection for the LGBTQ+ community and allies. LGBTQ+ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...
Tributes continue to pour in for the late former Bank of Botswana Governor, Linah Mohohlo, who succumbed to COVID-19 this morning at Bokamoso Private Hospital. Mohohlo,...
The Government of Botswana and the Balete tribe’s fight over Kgale Farm has finally ended. A question on who owns the land was mediated and adjudicated...
Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal (BOFEPUSU) has come up with yet another promises to uplift the working class in Botswana, and ultimately reach its...
Botswana is said to be progressing soundly on the adoption of the digital technology. This was said by the Minister of Transport and Communications Thulaganyo Segokgo...
Botswana once had a story love affair with the world’s biggest premium beauty pageant, Miss Universe. This was in 1999 when Botswana’s first representative at Miss...
Botswana and Zambia this week celebrated the opening of a multi-million Dollar infrastructural project, the Kazungula Bridge, projected to contribute around P100 million annually for Botswana....
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) has criticised government for failing again to advance the nursing profession in Botswana with scores of nurses reported to be battling mental...
The first quarter of 2021 continued with unprecedented challenges emanating from the 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19. In Botswana, the economy continues to reel from the...
COVID-19 has been identified as a burning factor fuelling the use of force to prevent journalists from working in Africa. This was said by Reporters without...
Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) last week, during Labour Day, put forward sturdy demands to President Mokgweetsi Masisi and calling for government to act upon...
Pranks, for a common man, is designated to the 1st of April- April fool’s day. Usually it’s the only day out of the entire 365 days...
Various statistics point to a need for quality Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Botswana. Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (BOCONGO) says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst young...